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Mr. Theriault:

In your zeal to get some of your stories out this week, simple editing and proofing seem to be case aside. It makes it difficult for a reader.

Your story on the "pimp" from yesterday contained this gem: "Meaning she clearly wasn't the woman Tackett said he thought she was when he was and probably wasn't even an prostitute at all."

It made my brain hiccup. And was easily caught by MS Word's spelling and grammar tool.

This story seems to have multiple paragraphs repeated. That might be function of the software converting from work processor to web, but a simple preview before publishing should check something like that.
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Denis - you're worthless. You spend an awful lot of time talking to lawyers, and cops, and politicians, but precious little time actually talking to homeless people and their advocates. This kind of matter of fact reporting on the City's line just makes you a mouthpiece for the establishment. You can't be neutral on a moving train.
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@Babygorilla, point taken. The post was long after I first posted it, so I wanted to move a few grafs to the jump. In our system, that means deleting the grafs in one field and pasting them in another. I forgot to delete. Clearly. But glass houses and all. You have a typo in your comment!

@Rob Banks: Did you just start reading today or something? http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/ca…
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In Portland, Homelessness is a Profession.
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No, Denis. I've had the misfortune of following you for awhile. I wish I had the time to go through your past reporting and compare the times you've quoted regular people versus cops and politicians. Maybe in your investigative zeal you could research and let us know. Your problem is that you think that you think that reporting in an objective manner is your obligation. Objectivity in reporting is a myth - better to admit and own your biases. Supposed objectivity is like the creationists who argue that they must be given equal standing with evolutionists. Giving the word of the cops and the city any legitimacy strains credibility. That's why the media is so thoroughly mistrusted. Simply reporting on an issue without taking a side is what makes you worthless.
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Rob, I find myself in the awkward position of supporting Denis here.
OK, the dude totally fucked up a EASY FINAL JEOPARDY QUESTION that could have made him a 2 day winner, if I'm not mistaken, but basically calling him a tool or mouthpiece for the cops and the PBA is complete and utter nonsense.
And your simplistic 'cops vs the People' reasoning is asinine and ignorant.
Grow the fuck up, and try watching a good newscast that aims at being objective, and does it quite well, such as the OPB News Hour.
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Yeah, anyone who reads Dennis' work totally gets the impression he's towing the establishment line, man. Or totally objective (whatever that is).

But back in reality, this is actually a clever piece of advocacy jounalism (or just journalism since none of it is totally objective). It effectively provides a road map of how not to get cited under the camping ordinance.

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